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updated 8:22 a.m. ET Nov. 2, 2011
MILAN (AP) -AC Milan was due to announce on Wednesday what ails hospitalized striker Antonio Cassano.
The Italy forward has been at the Policlinico facility since Saturday, when he was taken for tests after falling ill on Milan's plane following the team's 3-2 victory over Roma.
Cassano was reportedly joking with teammates on the plane, before suddenly developing problems with his vision, speech and movement.
Speculation over the cause has ranged from a mini stroke to a heart problem that requires surgery.
Milan was preparing to release a formal statement in conjunction with the hospital.
Cassano already missed the 1-1 draw with BATE Borisov on Tuesday that qualified Milan for the next round of the Champions League.
After Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored against BATE, teammate Kevin-Prince Boateng celebrated by lifting his jersey to reveal another jersey with Cassano's name and No. 99 on it.
"The entire squad is thinking about Antonio Cassano," Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said after the draw in Belarus.
"I spoke in the changing room with the players to explain that the situation seems to be evolving positively," Galliani added. "I'm not a doctor but (Wednesday) there will be a statement in conjunction with the Policlinico that will clear everything up."
A steady stream of current and former teammates have been visiting Cassano, and even Diego Maradona wrote a letter of support that was published in Corriere dello Sport on Wednesday.
"I know about the thoughts, worries and torments that are going through your mind. I know that feeling of confusion and, why not, even solitude, that makes everything suddenly look black," Maradona wrote. "I know well, and that's why I feel close to you and Rino Gattuso, who is also experiencing a sad period."
Cassano's hospitalization came less than a week after Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso announced the extent of a nerve problem affecting his left eye, which could keep him out for months, or the rest of the season.
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